Forgive me if you've already answered this, I didn't see it in the tag so Imma continue anyway. Do you have any advice for making Gundam's coat? Thank you in advance!
lemme grab a reference, h/o…
here’s a post i’ve made before, but i’ll go more in depth.
gundam has a short collar, but otherwise you basically make the same kind o jacket for mondo! he has 5 buttons that go up his jacket, and 6 on his sleeves (but i’d only put them on the sleeve that isn’t rolled up. otherwise it’d be hard to roll up the other one lmfao) he has 4 x’s under the buttons. he has a pocket on his left breast, and a pocket on each side of his jacket at about the height of his crotch. he has his dog+star patch on his breast pocket flap, and the kanji patch on his collar on the left side. he has that weird pixel design on the back of fhis jacket. also! his collar has those little mini clasps on it that some skirts have? just those little eyelet things….uhhhh….idk how to explain. like this!
yeah. two of those, one at the top of the inside of the collar and one at the bottom!
as far as construction goes:
use a black suiting fabric or twill for the jacket. the lining should be a maroonish red. just anything polyester should work? ive even seen people use the wrong side of costume satin for lining! it works fine. line the collar with any kind of white fabric, but use a crafting interfacing that’s super thick to make it stand. i do not recommend using craft foam.
like i said, only put buttons on the right sleeve. the left sleeve you can make a little looser to roll up easier. i wouldn’t sew it to stay rolled up so you could roll up the collared shirt you wear underneath’s sleeve with it! then secure that with safety pins. (thats what gundam does! the long part of the pin should be showing through.) the x’s under the buttons can be ribbon! i’ve seen it painted, but ribbon looks better. you can just cut ribbon and seal the edges and glue it on, or you can use ribbon as thread and hand sew them in. that’ll look cleaner, i think!
you can buy his patches here! i def recommend them.
the pockets you can easily fake. just double over and hem some pieces of fabric to look like pocket flaps, and then fold the edge under and sew it on. (iron it down too.) as for the pattern on the back? i’ve seen people use studs, or paint them on, or use applique. whatever you think works best!
i’d make the collar especially wide to accommodate your scarf. don’t forget the little keychain that hangs from his gauze wrap!
aaand…that’s it, i think?
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